Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Verdi's Veto. The inevitable revolt against such excesses came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when German composers such as Wagner and Strauss insisted on Werktreue- allegiance to the printed score. At the end f his career, even Verdi was threatening to sue any opera house that permitted singers to change a single note of his music. The castrato vogue gradually faded, and as the size and interpretive importance of the orchestra multiplied, the composer became the dominant figure in opera. "The singer's margin of creative and imaginative freedom was inevitably inhibited," says Pleasants...
...program involved the distribution of birth control information, and its officials had to ask Sister Jacqueline if she was free to decide on matters involving contraception. "That question stuck with me," she said. "Under the vow of obedience, I had given someone else the authority to limit or veto my decisions. I came to realize that I could not live as a responsible and productive human being for the rest of my life under...
According to a State Department Spokesman, the U.S. hopes the visa veto will help secure his release. The move could cripple Czech hopes for increased U.S. trade by denying visas to Czech trade representatives...
...This confirmed Logue's worst fears--that there really wasn't any community or community leadership in Madison Park and that a few people there were being used by the UPA. According to the terms of the proposed agreement the LRCC (for which Logue read UPA) would have a veto over the BRA's plans for the neighborhood...
...LRCC lost on its two greatest demands. Under last night's agreement it does not have a veto over the BRA plans, although Logue has said he is willing to renegotiate this point in a few months if the LRCC shows itself to be a true voice of the community. Nor was the LRCC allowed to determine the percentage of Madison Park housing which will be low income...